Let Nick Russo Trio be your choice for the perfect Jazz Trio at your private party, corporate event, or special occasion. Nick Russo Trio will travel up to 3000 miles from Astoria, New York.
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This entertainer travels nationwide for bookings.
LOCATION:
Astoria,
New York
TRAVEL RADIUS:
Will travel up to 3000 miles from Astoria, NY.
SURROUNDING AREA:
Long Island City, New York, Flushing, Brooklyn, Bronx, West New York, Cliffside Park, Edgewater, Fairview, Hoboken, North Bergen, Union City, Weehawken, Fort Lee, Jamaica, Jersey City, Palisades Park, Ridgefield, Leonia, Secaucus, Englewood Cliffs, Little Ferry, Moonachie, Ridgefield Park, Bogota, Englewood, Kearny, South Hackensack, Teaneck, Teterboro.
PRIMARY CATEGORY:
Jazz Trio
ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES:
Jazz Band, Jazz Duo, Swing Band
GENRE:
20's Hits, 30's Hits, 40's Hits, Blues, Brazilian, Dixieland, Funk, Fusion, Jazz, Latin, R&B, Ragtime, Swing, World Music
AVAILABLE FOR:
Anniversaries, Awards Nights, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs, Birthday Parties, Casinos, Celebrations, Children's Birthday Parties, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Coffee Shops, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Cruise Ships, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fraternity Functions, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Hotels, Jingles, Movie Soundtracks, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Resorts, Restaurants, Reunions, Showers, Ski Lodges, Sorority Function, Studio Session, Temples, TV Soundtracks, Weddings
PERFORMING SINCE:
1986
PAY RANGE:
$225-$3000 per event
INFLUENCES:
Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Miles Davis, Jobim, Gilberto, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Django Reinhardt, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Aretha
DESCRIPTION:
The Nick Russo Trio performs originals, standards, 1950s & 60s jazz as well as 20s & 30s Traditional Jazz, music from New Orleans and Dixieland. We perform as an instrumental trio as well as with a male or female vocalist. We have varied versions of the group performing the music of A.C. Jobim, bossa-nova, samba, Brazilian pop music and other music from Brasil. We also perform the music of Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Aretha Franklin and other R & B & Motown. We also perform singer/song-writer music, pop and folk music.
All the members of the group are full-time professionals. The group has many references and recommendations as we often get gigs via word of mouth. We are never too loud, never obtrusive and we always arrive early to gigs.
Guitarist/Banjoist, Nick Russo leads a life of full-time performing, including performances in New York City at: Carnegie Hall, The U.N., I.A.J.E., Lincoln Center, Blue Note, Birdland, Iridium Jazz Club, The Zinc Bar, 55 Bar, Cape Cod Jazz Festival, N.J.P.A.C., Hot Steamed Jazz Festival in Essex, Zinc Bar, Smoke Jazz Club, Sweet Rhythm, Barbes, Showmans, Lenox Lounge, Charles Ives Center, Tilles Center, Cleopatra's Needle, Kavehaz, Merchants, The C-Note, Smiths, Moto, WKCR & WUSB radio. Television appears include Manhattan One, Metro Elvis in Manhattan, and numerous local cable access channels. International performances include: Japan, Omsk, Tomsk, Novasibersk, Akademgorodok (Academy City), Moscow, Brazil, Barcelona, St. Kitts in the Caribbean, Barcelona, Spain & at the Banff Center in Canada.
Nick will appear in the new Sam Mendes film, "Farlanders" and plays guitar on the independent film soundtrack "King George."
Nick Russo has been the guitarist and banjoist with Vince Giordano and The Night Hawks and Victor Jones' Cultureversy, and currently with Miles Griffith's New Ting, David Pleasant & others.
Nick also has worked with the legendary Jimmy McGriff, legendary vibraphonist, Teddy Charles, late legendary bassist, Sony Dallas, saxophonist, Tim Berne, violinist, Jim Nolet (formally with the Jazz Passengers), Tony Moreno, Mike Bisio, the Frank & Joe Show, Bruce Cox Trio, Dan Levinson, Kim Clarke Quintet and others.
Nick's recent recording "Ro" features Nick Russo + 11: Mark Turner, Miles Griffith, Samir Chatterjee, Ari Hoenig & others. Nick is also the author of 2 books: "Metallica, Legendary Licks series vol. 1 & vol. 2 as well as the editor of the GRP arpeggio book and exercise book (published by Cherry Lane/Hal Leonard). The new self produced album "RO" is getting reviews in Down Beat, Jazz Times, All About Jazz, Jazz Improv magazine, Hot House, ejazz news, Boston Gazette, Vintage Guitar, Cadence, Jazz-iz, Drumhead Magazine & others across the country as well as reviews in Italy, Turkey, Brazil, Greece & other countries. National radio play and internationally radio play include Sweeden, Switzerland, France, Canada, across the U.S. & other countries.
GROUP MEMBERS:
Nick Russo - guitar & banjo
Ari Hoenig, Willard Dyson or David Pleasant - drums
Miles Griffith or Jenn Jade Ledesna (Brazilian) - voice
Mark Turner - sax
Art Hirahara - piano/Rhodes
Samir Chatterjee - tabla
Greg Glassman - trumpet
Matt Clohesy or Nathan Peck - bass
Michelle Walker(jazz/R&B) or Betina Hershey (folk) - voice
SONG LIST:
Night and Day - Cole Porter
Girl From Ipanema - A.C. Jobim
Take Five - Paul Desmond
Woodstock - Joni Mitchell
Four on Six - Wes Montgomery
Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
Alagoas - Djavan
Serrado - Djavan
Nefertiti - Wayne Shorter
Giant Steps - John Coltrane
Fly Me To The Moon - Bart Howard
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Cole Porter
Summertime - George Gershwin
Inner Urge - Joe Henserson
Ju Ju - Wayne Shorter
Pinocchio - Wayne Shorter
So Danco Samba - A.C. Jobim
Desafinado - Tom Jobim/Newton Mendonça
Corcodavo - Tom Jobim
So Danco Samba - Tom Jobim
I Love You - Cole Porter
After Your'e Gone - David Weissner
Royal Garden Blues - Clarence Williams and Spencer Williams
It Might As Well Be Spring - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
When The Saints Go Marching In - traditional
Amazing Grace - traditional
A Closer Walk With Thee - traditional
April In Paris - Vernon Duke
Gone With The Wind
Autum In New York - Vernon Duke
Cherokee - Ray Noble
If I Could Write A Book - George Gershwin
All Blues - Miles Davis
D Natural Blues - Wes Montgomery
Breezin - George Benson
This Masquarade - Leon Russell
You Stepped Out Of A Dream - Gus Hahn/Nacio Herb Brown
Invitation - Kaper/Washington
Gentle Rain - Louis Bonfa
Black Orpheus - Luis Bonfa
Lush Life - Billy Strayhorn
Take The 'A' Train - Billy Strayhorn
In A Mellow Tone - Duke Ellington
Solar - Miles Davis
Someday My Prince Will Come - Churchhill
Up Jumped Spring - Freddie Hubbard
Triste - A.C. Jobim
They Can't Take That Away From Me - George Gershwin
There Will Never Be Another You - Warren/Gordon
There Is No Greater Love - Symes/Jones
Wave - Tom Jobim
Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
Straight No Chaser - Thelonious Monk
Donna Lee - Charlie Parker/Miles Davis
Billies' Bounce - Charlie Parker
Now's The Time - Charlie Parker
Ornithology - Charlie Parker
Dexterity - Charlie Parker
Crazeology - Charlie Parker
Confirmation - Charlie Parker
Scrapple From The Apple - Charlie Parker
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes - Weisman, Garrett, Wayne
My Favorite Things - Richard Rodgers
Count Down - John Coltrane
Niama - John Coltrane
Central Park West - John Coltrane
Afro-Blue - John Coltrane
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
Lazybird - John Coltrane
Too Many To Name!! - we cover the entire American Song Book!
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Please note, in addition to Astoria, Nick Russo Trio also serves the surrounding towns of Long Island City, New York, Flushing, Brooklyn, Bronx, West New York, Cliffside Park, Edgewater, Fairview, Hoboken, North Bergen, Union City, Weehawken, Fort Lee, Jamaica, Jersey City, Palisades Park, Ridgefield, Leonia, Secaucus, Englewood Cliffs, Little Ferry, Moonachie, Ridgefield Park, Bogota, Englewood, Kearny, South Hackensack, Teaneck, Teterboro and many other locations in and around the Astoria area.
Friday, August 01, 2008